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Recovery From Compulsive Eating: A Complete Guide to the Twelve Step Program

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I started doing online Overeaters Anonymous meetings and joined an OA "mail loop" about a month ago, and needed some basics about the OA program, because although I was getting help from the OA online sources, I had a lot of questions about how OA works.

And other things -- how could I ever deal with holidays and traveling without overeating, how to explain to my doctor, friends and family that I wasn't dieting per se, but rather dealing with my compulsive overeating problem, etc.

I've read this book from cover to cover TWICE now, and each time I find answers to new questions I didn't even know I had.

Jim A. essentially shares his own experience but also talks about OA's history, the steps, what "abstinence" is, and why the program works so well.

A terrific guide -- and one I'm sure I will refer to over and over again!

This book gave me a new understanding of what overeating is. I always thought it was a lack of will power and never had a full understanding of what I was doing to myself. It has shed a new light on things, I have faith that I can recover too.

I don't usually write reviews about books, but I felt obligated to write a review for this one. The book not only gives great advice about eating, but also great general advice for everyday life. The book is well-written and reads like a novel. I highly recommend this book.

Wow-this book really encouraged me in my journey with compulsive overeating. It is a terrific resource for the beginner all the way to the fully recovered! Written from an insider's perspective, this book is sure to comfort, encourage, and strengthen overeaters and/or those who love them.

I bought this book to help me understand what OA is. Sometimes you go to a meeting, and in the beginning - it feels like you have a million questions that may go unanswered. OA is the best thing that has happened to me in 2007, as I have been on my recovery path for the past 10 months! This book is very thorough, and answered all my questions. In the beginning, I was SO ready to understand, and make the commitment to myself and my recovery. This made it that much easier for me. I continue to use it as a point of reference today with other literature. This isn't an OA book persay, but written by an OAer with a great deal of recovery and helpful insight into my addiction to food. This is a great tool!

ODAT!

If you ever thought you might fall into this "category", then do yourself a favor and get this book. It is a great guide for the newbie on Overeaters Anonymous and what it is all about, and written very well with the author's own story thrown in to relate to. I had a lot of "amen---I'm with you" moments while reading it. I would buy it all over again.

Having been in & out of OA for 3 years, I thought I pretty much knew all there is to know about OA and all the 12 Step "jargon", but this book suprised me--it's quite practical and has lots of good info for the starter in OA or a long-timer.

I couldn't even force myself into finishing this book. The information in this book is minimal...It refers to Alcoholics Anonymous a lot but never follows up with the actual instruction, data or plans. The story is also very slow moving. Every now and then there will be great advice but personally it was just too few and far between.